Drapery hook



June 6, 1961 s, PERLMUTTER 2,986,768

DRAPERY HOOK Filed Feb. 5, 1958 i I'AKZ VENTOR.

United States Patent 2,986,768 DRAPERY HOOK Samuel Perlmutter, 10Thacher St., Newton, Mass. Filed Feb. 5, 1958, Ser. No. 713,450 8Claims. (Cl. 1687.2)

The present invention relates to a drapery hook and more particularly toa drapery hook of the type described in my Patent No. 2,553,272, issuedMay -15, 1951.

In using hooks of these types it is common to secure them to traverserods through slidable interconnecting members. The main portion of thehook which fits into the folds of the drapery is ordinarily positionedin front of the traverse rod with the hook portion being secured to aninterconnecting member, the interconnecting member in turn beingslidably secured to the rear of the traverse rod. Because of the natureof the interconnecting arrangement between the hook and the traverserod, these hooks have a natural tendency to flop forward, thus causingan undesirable crease or fold in draperies when secured on the hooks.Thus it is an object of the present invention to provide a drapery hookwhich when mounted on a traverse rod, will stand in a substantiallyvertical position and thereby avoid the formation of unsightly creasesor folds in the draperies.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a drapery hookwhich stands sufficiently forward of the traverse rod to avoid binding.

One more object of the present invention is to provide a drapery hook ofthe construction which facilitates the mounting of draperies on thehooks when they have been mounted on the traverse rod.

These and other objects of the present invention will be more clearlyunderstood when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings,in which:

FIGURE 1 is a side elevation of a drapery hook shown mounted oninterconnecting member and traverse rod with the drapery illustrated indotted position;

FIGURE 2 is a front plan view of the drapery hook shown in FIGURE 1; and

FIGURES is a side plan view of a'modification of the invention.

This drapery hook is formed of resilient metal "wire or rod in which 'a'pair of opposite arms 1 and 2 are interconnected by a U-shaped bightsection 3 at their lower ends. The upper ends of the arms 1 and 2 areturned outwardly to form opposite loops 3 and 4. The arms 1 and 2 tapergradually from a bulbous end section 5 at the lower end to asubstantially contacting position 6 at the upper end. These arms 1 and 2have suflicient resiliency to provide spring pressures at the abuttingend 6, so that any fabric placed between them will be firmly grasped.

As previously indicated in my prior patent, these arms are adapted tosecure drapery material such as indicated at 7 with one arm on eitherside of a vertical line of stitching within an upper turned down hemsection. Extending rearwardly of the arms 1 and 2 and preferably in aplane normal and symmetrical thereto is the hook member 8. This hookmember is preferably made of a second piece of resilient metal welded orotherwise suitably secured at its lower end 9 to the middle portion ofthe bight section 3. The lower end of this hook member 8 is formed withan angular section 10 which spaces the hook member at its lower end awayfrom the plane of the arms 1 and 2. A rearwardly extending section 11continuous with the lower end spaces the upper end of the hook memberrearwardly from the plane of the arms 1 and 2. This upper end is spacedaway from the plane of the arms 1 and 2 a distance substantially atleast the thickness of the traverse rod indicated at 12. The upperPatented June 6, 1961 end of the hook member is formed of a verticallyextending section 13, an angular section 14 continuous therewith andextending downwardly to form a hook element and a barb section 15continuous with the section 14. This barb section 15 is formed as anangle member having legs 16 and 17. Leg 17 is continuous with section 14and in touching relation therewith, while leg 16 angularly diverges fromsection 14. This arrangement forms a barb-like member which is adaptedto maintain the drapery hook in a vertical position.

The interconnecting member 18 may be of any conventional style ordesign. Most of these interconnecting members provide a button 19adapted to slide in the longitudinal slot 20 of the traverse rod 12 witha downwardly extending portion 21 terminating in a lip 22 having anopening 23 through which the hook member is adapted to project, asillustrated in the drawings. Thus by this arrangement the hook member isinserted through the opening 23 and the barb section 15 engages the rearof the interconnecting member at its end 25. It is therefore clear thatany pressure in the direction of the arrow A caused by the weight of thedrapery will be rigidlyfresisted by the engagement of the end 25 of thebarb section 15 with the rear of the interconnecting member 18. Furtheras the section 11 spaces the forward portion of the drapery hook asuflicient distance in front of the traverse rod, there is no bindingbetween the traverse rod and the arms 1 and 2 in the area indicated at28.

Because the barb section 15 is resilient, the drapery hook may readilybe inserted through the opening 23 which is of a diameter somewhatsmaller than the'wides't distance between the sections 14 and 15. Forremoval, slight pressure need only be applied to the section 1'5 inorder to close this gap and permit removal of the hook member from thehole 23.

In the modification o'f FIGURE 3, there is illustrated an embodiment ofthe invention as incorporated into a conventional pin-up hook. in thisarrangement, the device is preferably formed of 'a single piece ofresilient wire providing a vertical section 30 having a' poin'te'd end31 adapted to receive and secure drapery material. The hook member 32 iscontinuous with the vertical section 30, being joined to it at its lower"end 33. The lower section 34 is preferably parallel to and closelyspaced from the lower portion o'f 'th'e section 30. A rearwardlytransversely extending section 35 interconnects the section 34 with thesubstantially U-shaped inverted section 36. This substantially U-shapedinverted section 36 has a barb-like member 37 at its other endcomprising angle sections 38 and 39 continuous with angle sections 40and 41. Section 39 is slightly divergent from the section 40, therebyforming an acute angle adapted to act as a barb. It will be noted thatthere is a degree of resilience between the sections 39 and 40, therebypermitting a resilient pressuring of these two sections together topermit insertion and removal from a supporting member. It should also benoted that the upper end of the section 37 terminates a short distancefrom the uppermost point of the substantially inverted U-shaped section.

Having now described my invention, I claim:

1. In combination with a drapery hook having at least one substantiallyvertical prong adapted to engage the upper section of a drapery; amember forming part of the drapery hook and adapted to engage a carriageon a drapery rod comprising a length of resilient wire having a firstportion connected at its lower end to the bottom of the prong, saidfirst portion diverging in an upward direction from the prong, a bendformed in the wire at the upper end of the first portion, a secondportion forming part of the wire and extending downwardly from the bendand diverging from the first portion in a downward direction, said firstand second portions and 3 the bend forming a hook adapted to be insertedthrough an opening in the carriage, and a third portion forming part ofthe wire and connected to the lower end of the second portion, saidthird portion extending along and gradually diverging from the secondportion and terminating adjacent the bend with the end of the thirdportion adapted to bear against the carriage adjacent the opening.

2. A device of the character described comprising a substantiallyvertical prong adapted to engage the upper section of a drapery, a hookmember formed of a continuous length of wire for connecting the prong toa carriage forming part of a drapery rod and having a downwardlyextending arm connected at its lower end to the bottom of the prong,said arm diverging in an upward direction from the prong, a bend formedin the wire at the top of the first arm, a second arm extendingdownwardly from the bend and diverging from the first arm downwardlyfrom the bend, said first and second arms and the bend forming a hookadapted to be inserted through an opening in the carriage, and a thirdarm forming part of the member and extending from the lower end of thesecond arm upwardly along the second arm and diverging from it, saidthird arm terminating adjacent the bend and adapted to bear against thecarriage adjacent the opening.

3. A drapery hook comprising a pair of upwardly extending prongsconnected together at their lower ends, a hook member formed of anelongated length of wire having an inverted U-shaped portion including apair of arms disposed in a plane perpendicular to the plane of theprongs, the lower end of one of said arms being connected to the lowerends of the prongs, said U-shaped portion adapted to be supported in anopening in a support on a drapery rod, and a barb made of flexiblematerial connected to the other arm of the U-shaped portion andterminating adjacent the bend in the U-shaped portion and adapted tobear against the support adjacent the opening. I

4. In combination with a support carried by and extending downwardlyfrom the rear side of a traverse rod and adapted to carry drapery hooks,said support having an opening formed therein with the axis of theopening disposed in a substantially horizontal plane; a drapery hookcomprising at least one prong adapted to engage a drapery and disposedin a substantially vertical position in front of the traverse rod, ahook member including a substantially inverted U-shaped portion havingtwo downwardly extending arms lying in a plane perpendicular to thetraverse rod, the lower end of one of said arms being connected to thelower end of the prong, the bight of the U-shaped portion being disposedbehind the prong a distance substantially equal to the thickness of therod, and a barb secured to the other arm of the U-shaped section with aportion of said barb spaced from said other arm and adapted to engagethe rear of the support adjacent said opening when the other arm of theU-shaped portion is inserted through the opening in the support from thefront.

5. A device as defined in claim 4 further characterized by said draperyhook having a pair of prongs connected together at their lower end.

6. A device as defined in claim 4 further characterized by said barbbeing made of flexible material with one end of the barb being connectedto said other arm and the other end of the barb terminating above thebight of the U-shaped portion, said other end of the barb being biasedto a position away from the bight a distance greater than the diameterof the opening in the support and adapted to be moved against the bightso that it can be withdrawn from the opening with said other arm.

7. In combination with a support carried by and extending downwardlyfrom a traverse rod and adapted to carry a drapery hook, said supporthaving an opening formed therein with its axis disposed in asubstantially horizontal plane; a drapery hook comprising at least oneprong adapted to engage a drapery and disposed in a substantiallyvertical position, a hook member including a substantially invertedU-shaped portion having two downwardly extending arms lying in a planeperpendicular to the traverse rod, the lower end of one of said armsbeing connected to the lower end of the prong, the bight of the U-shapedportion being disposed behind the prong, and a flexible barb secured tothe other arm of the U-shaped portion with a portion of said barb spacedfrom said other arm and adapted to engage the support adjacent saidopening when said other arm is inserted through the opening in thesupport.

8. A device as defined in claim 4, having only one prong adapted toengage a drapery, said device formed entirely of a single length of wirematerial.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,820,997 Yeidel Sept. 1, 1931 2,512,376 Perlmutter June 20, 1950

